Meaning

3 senses

  1. That which positions.

  2. That which positions.

    Any mechanical device used to position something.

    a device used to control the opening or closing of the actuator based on electric, or pneumatic signals.

  3. Any mechanical device used to position something.

    The part of a control valve used to control the opening or closing of the actuator based on electric, or pneumatic signals.

Translations

1 languages

Origin

From position + -er.

From position + -er.

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Forms

plural: positioners
Singularpositioner
Pluralpositioners

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (computer science) the actuator that moves a read/write head to the proper data track:rotary actuator

Word family

3 related words
Relatedposition
Derivedmicropositionernanopositioner

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
poshB2positionA2positiveB1positivelyB1positivity

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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